Saint Basil Quotes

"Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them."
- Saint Basil
(Related: Comfort, Loss, Measure, Will)

"Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger."
- Saint Basil
(Related: Abundance, Hunger, Man, Rain)

"Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence."
- Saint Basil
(Related: Power, Existence, Forget)